Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-18
Foraker. l nave sometimes thought that
if the uncoDquered and unconquerable
STONYWAIJ JACKSON

Foraker. nave sometimes thought that
if the uncoDquered and uncomfortable
STONEWALL JACKSON
had lived the result would have been far
different. But right or wrong, the lest
tribunal hiss spoken and the question Of
practical secession is settled forever. We
were ret traitors We fought for
the principles which we cOnscientI0usly
be lleved to De right. II we were traitors
we were CT the kiud whom Jefferson
taught and Washington led. Wei
ask of history nothing bu.
truth; we fear no criticism but
talse1Ood. We make no apologies TIE
war was inevitable. /: was the result OF
education, and | an glad that il was set
tied in my time, snd was rot left 3 veXlDg
heritage to my children. one hing is
certain, united AmeriGs is iuvinc .bie
against the world.
Colonel Kidd'5 address was well re-
ceived, the speaker beng frequently
compelled 20 wait for the applause to
subside. At the conclusion of his re-
marks the chsirmsn announced that
recess Of two hours would be taken for
dinner. An ample feast Of bar
becued beef, mutton and pork
was spread and the soldiers
went at it ss if they knew how 10 "a.
without knives and forks.
very touching incidant to-day was
the meeting of j. Meley, ex Federal, with
mis- father Jonsthan Meley, ex-COnieder-
ate, after eighteen vear5. The former
was soldier in the Thirteenth Missouri
OF the Ucicn army and the latter with
two sons, one now dead, followed the
fortunes CT General Caben, or more
famlliarly, "Old Tige." Mr.. Meley, Junior,
related how at independence his com
mand with the Third Iowa captured
Generals Cabell and Marm2Guke
and forces, his father, Jonathan
Meley, barely escaping. Mr.. Meley says
it vas his distinguished honor 10 tlat
light to chase General CabelI
ON BOB TAILED MULE,
the General riding feet charger, wAich
was finally oyertaken. Talk
about d4hting," said Meiey, az
went through the entire war and was in
the thiCkest all the time. But / want to
tell you that as q fighter cold Tige'
never had an equal And furthermore.
God dOn't make men any whittier"
MeleY ig g resident of Dallas snd was
police Clii;e during General Ca5el'5
mayOralty. This incident we'll illustrates
the feeling that prevails among the cid
soldiers CT the. blue and the gray
assembled here to-day. Looking upon
them as they stroll Gbout arm in arm or
sit side by side ia fraterggl love, one Is
CCnlrained TO say, "BehOld how good aud
how pleasant Il is for brethren TO dwell
together in unity ;"
The machinery hail end grounds were
handsomely decorated and the Hstgrs
and bacs" ]sted in loving coDjuncuon
with the "stsrs and stripes" 70 the
left front Ci the speakers stand is a
handsome painting of General Price.
On either side are ideal
pictures of Confederate soldiers in
tattered garments, holding trusty rifles,
and standing by the side Of smoking can
mons.
After dinner General S. B. Msxey was
introduced and was greeted with ap-
plause. General MaXeY alluded TO the
sorrows and struggles OF the past, and
paid tribute to the bravery and YalOr of
the dead in that Wsr which erected
tombstone in every household in the
land. He said: 1t has been my good
fortune to speak to the people al over
this state, and l have always found the
best men in every community were the
men who wore the gray. II is true that
the truest and best soldiers make the
TRUST ard best citizens. | have seen the
monuments erected to the Union gener-
ais, and in the Senate have always voted
for them. But every monument so erected
is also monument to the COIfeder6cY
Men never gain distraction by lighting
towards. Ga the other hand, we had an
ides that Yankees were only lit to drive
trades and make wooden nutmegs.
Neither section knew its capacities The
north thought the war would be
FLASH IN THE PAN.
They thought TO whip US in ninety days;
buC the fist ninety days passed aud the
next and the next until four years were
passed, and we gave in because we had
no more men. l would do 10 mortal man
en- Injustice, but | ssy that when Lse and
Grant met ct AppomattOX it was the
grandest sight ever beheld on earth
There was not s word of exultatiOn
The federal army in the glory
Of victory honored our army by
q respectful silence and granting the most
liberal terms in the history of warfare
They gGve US our horses and stores and
told US to return to our occupations
That Wss the gCandest act Of msgnamiaity
ever witnessed. And during the days CT
reconstruction our loyalty was shown by
The fact that the best men, the men by
whom | an surrounded, were in favor Of
law and order The same spirit OF de-
termination which carried US through the
war Is now working out the greatness Of
the country. The gvandest lesson l ever
learned was learned on tie battle field;
and that lesson is that
HONEST MIN MAY HONESTLY DIFFER.
l want to call your attention to g
humbug that is going around the
country called the New South"
The fathers geve US the greatest govern
ment under the sun. And whatever glory
attaches to this country belongs not to US
but 20 our ancestors. We did net com.
mence new career at the close of the
war; we took up where we had left of.
"The men who wave the bloody shirt
were invincible in peace ard invisible ia
war;" was the text OF General Maxey's
concluding remarks.
General Cabell was next introduced
and spoke for short time with feeling
and vigor. He said: lam glad to be here.
l am proud of the record Of the Confed-
eracy. l am proud that Was Confeder-
ate soldier and commanded men who
never d.sobeyed an order or re-
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